A couple of weeks ago we had a moment of rejoicing - Caitlin was getting another tooth! Tooth number 3. Yes, folk, Caitlin only has 2 teeth, and she's a year old. Brandon had 10 by the same age. Anyway, both Brian and I saw some white protruding from her upper gum. It looked like a tooth. We felt it. It felt like a tooth. We were so proud! Our baby might stop looking like a hillbilly with her two little teeth. Now for the odd part - that amazing third tooth - it's gone. There's nothing up there. Nothing breaking the skin. No tooth. Just lots and lots of gums. Where did it go? That is one of the profound mysteries of our lives right now. We have no idea. Was it scared? Did it retreat in fear? It was going to come out, but it just couldn't face the outside world? I would really like to start giving this girl some real food, but she can't chew! She doesn't have enough teeth! However, she can mash up Cheerios with the best of them.
Where oh where has her little tooth gone?
Oh, where oh where can it be?
Can you tell me?
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2 comments:
Life is full of mysteries.
The same thing happened with Kate's 2nd tooth. I think that it grows in so slowly that the gum tissue regrows over it as it is breaking. So, you really might have felt it, then the gum grew back over it and until it slowly, oh so slowly, peaks its head out again, you ain't gonna see it for awhile.
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